Daily Archive: Friday, July 22, 2022

The Ministry of Education this  afternoon signed contracts totalling $198.9 million for the construction of annexes at Queen’s College and the Bishops’ High School.

Eight APNU+AFC Members of Parliament (MPs) were suspended for various periods in the wee hours of Friday morning when a motion recommended by the National Assembly’s Committee of Privileges was adopted in the absence of the main opposition members.

ISTANBUL/KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal today to reopen Ukrainian Black Sea ports for grain exports, raising hopes that an international food crisis aggravated by the Russian invasion can be eased.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Lawmakers chose India’s first president from the country’s tribal communities yesterday, which could boost the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party among marginalised groups ahead of the 2024 general election.

(Trinidad Guardian) Six police officers accused of murdering three friends in Moruga in 2011 have failed in their bid to be granted bail pending their eventual trial.

Despite presenting a $552.9 billion “historic” and “transformational” 2022 budget in January, the Irfaan Ali government is now asking the National Assembly to approve $44,794,011,175 in supplementary provisions.

(Reuters) – Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson became the fastest woman alive over 200 metres yesterday when she scorched to a brilliant world title in 21.45 seconds, a time bettered only by American Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.

The Petra Organization yesterday conducted a team briefing for participating schools in the ExxonMobil U-14 Football Championship at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, Thomas Lands, Georgetown.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday implored Guyanese to dare to dream and act on futuristic developments as he took part in the sod turning for the US$50 million, 150-room, AC Marriott Hotel at Ogle, an area of former sugar estate lands on the East Coast of Demerara that he says will be soon unrecognisable. 

The curtains came down on the recent 13th annual GBTI Open tennis tournament which was held at the GBTI tennis facility in Bel Air Park, Georgetown.

After more than two decades, the Central Bank of Guyana has issued a banking licence and it’s to the Guyanese-owned New Haven Inc.

The State has incurred a debt of just over $5M in damages which it has to pay to 69-year-old Chaitram (only name given), also known as ‘Cashew,’ after a Judge found the revocation of his bail by another Judge to have been unlawful.

The emphasis on golf continues to grow as another major company, CIT Holdings USA, parent company of Aegis Cement Guyana, the manufacturer of Aegis speciality cement, has announced a partnership with the Guyana Golf Association (GGA).

STR Wood Inc became the latest entity to throw its financial support behind the Guyana national chess team by donating $500,000 towards their participation at the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad to be hosted in Chennai, India.

Since his election to office as President of Guyana following the March 2020 general elections, Guyana’s Head of State, Irfaan Ali, has been having the time of his life on the international stage, His election to office having coincided, roughly, with Guyana’s emergence as an oil-producing country, his credentials to speak for Guyana – and even in some cases, the Caribbean – on matters of food security, Caribbean business, and the region’s economy, and on attracting investment to a region that had long been ignored by the international business community, appear sound.

President Irfaan Ali has assured that his government is moving to support and develop Guyana’s fishing industry.

The Golden Jaguars’ recent losses to French-speaking nation Haiti, (2-6 at home and 0-6 away), in the Dominican Republic during the 2022 Concacaf Nations League, can only be surmised as a ‘national embarrassment’.

Facebook, the largest social media platform in the world, has 2.4 billion users.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir yesterday shot down a request by Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton calling for the House  to debate the allegations of corrupt practices involving Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo along with an international investigation into his conduct.

(Reuters) – A case of polio has been identified outside New York City and confirmed by federal health officials, the New York State Health Department said yesterday in what would be the nation’s first known case of the disease in nearly 10 years.

SAN JUAN,  (Reuters) – A Puerto Rico judge has lifted a restraining order on actor and singer Ricky Martin at the request of the man who earlier this month had said the pop icon had harassed him, lawyers representing Martin said yesterday.

The cause of the fire that devastated the St. George’s High School on Wednesday remained unknown yesterday.

Six-wicket hauls from Jonathan Rampersaud and Jeremy Sandia spun Berbice to an innings and 31-run win over Rising Stars as the Guyana Cricket Board three-day inter-county tournament clash ended yesterday at La Bonne Intention with a day to spare.

By Karen Abrams MBA To say that Guyana is poised for rapid economic development over the next decade would be an understatement.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi quit yesterday after his national unity government fell apart, setting the country on course for an early election and shaking financial markets.

(CMC) – West Indies face a monumental challenge in turning around their wretched One-Day International form when they face powerhouses India in a difficult three-match series starting today.

Dear Editor, Dr. Bertrand Ramcharan’s article “Nation-building in a plural society: Lee Kuan Yew’s strategies” (SN 7-19-22) refers to a book written by Henry Kissinger on six leaders the latter had admired, of which LKY (as he was known) was one.

All 320 booths and other spaces for the International Building Expo have been taken up and security plans finalised as the country gears up for the grand opening today at the National Stadium, Providence.

Part of the significance of the staging of the recent 25 x 2025 forum in Guyana was the sense of urgency which the region is now compelled to attach to its food security in the wake of its shocking and wholly inexcusable revelation that its extra-regional food import bill is probably in excess of US$6 billion.

The police are seeking the assistance of the public in locating a 52-year-old man who is wanted for questioning in relation to possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Venezuela looks different in 2022. Some Venezuelans are once again making weekend plans.

Dear Editor, As I am writing this letter I feel victimized as a single mother.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Electric buses built by a Chilean company are now operating in the world’s top copper-producing nation, as the country seeks ways to reduce its use of fossil fuels and achieve its environmental goals.

(CMC) – Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph has managed to creep into the top 20 of the International Cricket Council’s one-day bowling rankings despite West Indies’ abysmal showing against Bangladesh in the recent series in Guyana.

It would be entirely fair to say that the ‘arrival’ here of the coronavirus pandemic took the country’s education system by storm.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico has asked Chinese fast fashion company Shein to explain its use of cultural elements from the Mayan indigenous community in the design of one of its garments.

Daniel Singh, the man who allegedly pelted a Lance Corporal who tried to intercept him last week was on Wednesday charged and released on $400,000 bail.

(Reuters) – Sadio Mane was named African Footballer of Year yesterday after a season in which he kicked the winning penalty for Senegal as they claimed their first Africa Cup of Nations title and repeated the feat when they secured World Cup qualification.

Dear Editor, It is with profound sadness and grief I learn of the passing of Pandit Rishi B Misir who served as the Dharmacharya of the Hindu Federation of Mandirs in America and the USA Pandits Parishad, bodies comprising of Indo-Caribbean Hindu leaders.

By Dr. Terrence Blackman & David F. Roberts A Report from the Guyana Investment Seminar, Carlton House, London The war in Russia and the attendant geopolitical energy issues plaguing Europe and the rest of the world bear directly on the energy and food security of the Caribbean and Latin America.

(Reuters) – Former world number one Venus Williams will make her singles comeback after nearly a year at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C.

An East Ruimveldt man has been remanded to prison after he was charged with armed robbery.

Dear Editor, I am an oversees based Guyanese. However despite living and working overseas, I continue to pay keen attention to all that are happening in my beautiful country. 

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The migratory monarch butterfly, which has for millennia turned North American woodlands into kaleidoscopes of colour in one of nature’s most spectacular mass migrations, is threatened with extinction, international conservationists said on Wednesday.

By Mareike Kroll and Peter Rosenbluth Background Mercury is a highly toxic metal that persists in the environment.

(Reuters) – Noah Lyles produced a dominating performance to defend his 200 metres title at the World Championships yesterday and lead an American podium sweep ahead of Kenny Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton.

(Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine will sign a deal today to reopen Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to grain exports, Turkey said, a hopeful sign that an international food crisis caused by Russia’s invasion could be eased.

Dear Editor, I was invited to the Annual General Meeting of the Albion Cricket Club on Saturday July 2, 2022 at 3.00pm, at the Albion Sports Complex main hall.

Blairmont Estate, the home of ‘Demerara Gold’ sugar commenced the harvesting of its second crop of 2022 on Friday, July 15, according to a release from GuySuCo.

(Reuters) – Norah Jeruto set a World Championships record en route to winning the women’s 3,000 metres steeplechase gold while China’s Feng Bin outdid Olympic champion Valerie Allman in the discus final in Eugene, Oregon on Wednesday.

A. Missouri Sherman-Peter Ambassador and Permanent Observer of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to the United Nations.

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O yesterday agreed to buy primary care provider One Medical ONEM.O

Dear Editor, As a participant in the Symposium celebrating CARIFESTA’s 50th Birthday, I hesitated to dignify the pellucid race-baiting ploy by Lloyd Sharma which appeared in your Letters column on July 19, 2022 – captioned ‘Indo-Guyanese academics, performers have been excluded from Guyana Folk Festival’s celebration of 50th anniversary of CARIFESTA’ – until I saw the organizers’ response to Sharma on July 19, 2022 – …signed by Vibert Cambridge, A.A.,

Twenty-year-old Dacia Daniels and Nakasia Bernard, 23, both of Phase 2, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, were on Wednesday charged with three counts of assault.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) joins with the people of Barbados in mourning the passing of the Honourable George Lamming OCC.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump sat for hours watching the attack on the U.S.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that 80 new cases of COVID-19 have been detected.

(Reuters) – Jonas Vingegaard put the hammer down on the Tour de France yesterda, extending his lead massively with an awe-inspiring victory in the final mountain stage as defending champion Tadej Pogacar’s all-in strategy backfired.

Dear Editor, Mr. Badal must be lauded and toasted for the vision, ambition and determination to make it a reality with successful completion and opening of the Pegasus Hotel Suites and Corporate Centre.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – At least 18 people died yesterday during a major police raid in a dense warren of Rio de Janeiro slums, state military police said, in the latest bloody confrontation in Brazil’s second-largest city.

Changing political leaderships can sometimes be a problematic process, as Guyanese know. 

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 976’s trading results showed consideration of $49,725,989 from 124,679 shares traded in 34 transactions as compared to session 975’s trading results which showed consideration of $11,207,335 from 29,419 shares traded in 14 transactions.

What “Amerindian”? What “indigenous”? I take my personal early “Augus’ holiday” in this column today.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will continue working but in isolation, the White House said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Four-time champion Chris Froome’s encouraging Tour de France came to a frustrating halt yesterday when the Briton pulled out of the race after contracting COVID-19.

It was always likely that a change in Guyana’s economic trajectory arising out of the country’s oil discoveries and the opportunities that were bound to derive therefrom would attract investors from across the world, not least from amongst the countries comprising the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

Dear Editor, My sincere condolence to the Teachers, students, Minis-try of Education and the people of Guyana on the loss by fire of the St.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former attorney general Anand Ramlogan, SC, is challenging the decision of a judge to grant police officers warrants to wiretap his phones as part of their investigation into witness tampering allegations against him.

President Irfaan Ali in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief, on Wednesday badged 67 new Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Officers, during a Commissioning Parade held in their honour, at the Drill Square, Base Camp Ayanganna.